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widow/orphan control in columns?
by Lars Huttar 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hello, We have a document with a 2-column layout where we have section headers that keep ending up at the bottom of columns. E.g. \startsectionheading{2. Foo bar baz}\stopsectionheading where \startsectionheading is defined by: \definestartstop [sectionheading] [before={ \startalignment[middle]}, after={\stopalignment \bigskip}, style={\switchtobodyfont[...,...]}] In order to make sure this section heading gets followed by a line or two of actual text, I saw on web pages [1] and [2] that you can use \testpage[n] to check whether there is room for n more lines, and if not, to produce a page break. I checked the manual [3] and command reference [4] but couldn't find information about \testpage. Is there a corresponding command to conditionally produce a column break? Thanks, Lars [1] http://getfo.org/context_xml/page4.html [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout [3] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf [4] http://texshow.contextgarden.net/

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UTF-8 Problems with the minimals
by Florian M. Baudach 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hi, after reinstalling the minimals (my HD crashed), I have got the following problem: texexec doesn't recognize UTF-8 any more :-(. I didn't change my tex-files and enabled UTF-8 with: \enableregime[utf-8] Surprisingly "context file.tex" works. I have no idea what is wrong with my MKII. Any suggestions? Thx. Greetings FloMo

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vertical alignment in footer
by Zoho Vignochi 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hello: I am a recent convert from LaTeX to conTeXt. kudos to all the developers! I have read through the wiki and as many tutorials/manuals as I can find. My problem is that I have a footer which includes a logo. I would like all the elements in the footer to be vertically centred, where as now they are aligned along the bottom. Here is my code: \startsetups footer \hfill \pagenumber \hfill \llap{\externalfigure[logo]} \stopsetups Thanks, Zoho

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acroread shows error msg 'Could not find the XObject named 'Fm1'
by joshua lee 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hi All, Attached file is the sample test file which can not be viewed by acroread, any advice? Thanks a lot. -- Best Regards, Joshua

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt + BibTeX problem
by Taco Hoekwater 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Mohamed Bana wrote: > Hi Taco, > > 1. How do I get coloured citations? E.g., \cite[jacky:critial] should > produce a coloured link. \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcite[compress=no] > 2. If is possible to get the list of pages an item was cited at? Sorry, no. The backreferences are in saved in the tuo file, but I never got around to writing the integration code for it. In case someone is interested in writing that, it needs a loop like this one: \unprotect \def\getpagelist#1% {\let\pagelist \empty \def\currentbibitem{#1}% \doloop {\doifdefinedelse{\r!cross cite-\jobname-\recurselevel} {\doifreferencefoundelse {cite-\jobname-\recurselevel} {\ifx\currenttextreference\currentbibitem\relax \doglobal\addtocommalist {cite-\jobname-\recurselevel}\pagelist \fi } {}} {\exitloop}}% % \pagelist is now the list of backreferences for #1 \message{\pagelist}% } \protect Best wishes, Taco

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minimals: cannot find cmsy10.pfb
by Sanjoy Mahajan 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

While testing Norbert's latest Debian packages, I ran across the following font problem with the recent ConTeXt minimals. The following test file: ========= cut here ============= \usetypescript[palatino][ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [mm] [math] [euler] [euler] [rscale=1.03] \setupbodyfont[palatino,11pt] \starttext $\equiv$ \stoptext ========= cut here ============= fails with: !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file cmsy10.pfb): cannot open Type 1 font file for readi ng ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Among the many map files that are read in, only original-public-lm.map mentions cmsy10.pfb, and it contains this mapping: cmsy10 CMSY10 <cmsy10.pfb Since cmsy10.pfb isn't in the minimals, I tried to fake it by symlinking to the texlive fonts and running mktexlsr, but that didn't work. The ls-R database contained cmsy10.pfb, but kpsewhich cmsy10.pfb wouldn't find it. Another workaround that I tried was to add this line \pdfmapfile{+pdftex.map} to the start of the test file. But that trick only produced errors about duplicated fontmap entries. I'm using Debian GNU/Linux i386, context minimals 2008.11.10 w/ MKII. I tested it with the 2008.10.31 minimals but found the same problem. I can also test it with other versions. Is there a list of available dates to feed the --context=YYYY.MM.DD switch? -Sanjoy

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Times New Roman
by Alan Bowen 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

I am running the ConTeXt Minimals of 11/10 and am trying to access Times New Roman using the script \usetypescript [timesnewroman][ec] \definetypeface[timesnewroman][rm][serif][timesnewroman][default] [encoding=ec] \definebodyfont[9pt,11pt][rm][default] \setupbodyfont[timesnewroman,rm,11pt] I am not sure what I getting and I am puzzled by the log file , hence, my question: Is Times New Roman distributed with the minimals and is this the way to access it? Thanks for any help or suggestions. Alan

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difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt
by Lars Huttar 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hello, I've been reading through the TeXbook to solidify the foundations for TeX programming. In an exercise on roman and italic text, ConTeXt seems to behave differently from what the book specifies (Plain TEX) at a fairly fundamental level. Exercise 4.1 says, "Explain how to typeset a roman word in the midst of an italicized sentence." I wrote, and the solution in the appendix says, {\it Explain how to typeset a\/ {\rm roman} word in the midst of an italicized sentence.} But when I typeset this using texexec, the word "roman" appears in italic, just like the rest of the sentence. I tried this on both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux, with both PDFTex and Xetex engines. On Windows I'm using ConTeXt minimal, and on Linux I'm using ConTeXt from the TeXLive 2008 CD. The result is the same in all cases: all the text is italicized. Does this difference in behavior represent a known "feature" of ConTeXt? If so, is it a difference in the defined behavior of \rm? When I put \show\rm in the .tex file to display the definition of the \rm macro, and run texexec, I get: > \rm=\protected macro: ->\setcurrentfontstyle {rm}. l.7 \show\rm By contrast, according to http://webpages.charter.net/davidlha/.trm/trmi.html, "Plain TeX defines \rm to be `\fam=0 \tenrm'." So clearly the definition of the \rm macro is different in ConTeXt than it is in Plain TeX. I could understand ConTeXt possibly changing the details of \rm's definition, e.g. a change in default font family; but it would really be surprising to find that the logic of \rm's behavior has been changed. Please help me understand if this is a bug or if there is a design principle of ConTeXt that I should be aware of... Thanks, Lars

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The rules of Chinese breaking lines don't work
by Yanrui Li 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hi, Today when I updated the newest beta, I found that Chinese breaking lines failed. This is a simple test file: %% \definefontfeature [zh][mode=node,script=hang,lang=zhs] \definefontsynonym [SongTi][AdobeSongStd-Light][features=zh] \definefont [song][SongTi at 12pt] \starttext \song 天下事有难易乎？为之，则难者易易也。不为，则易者易难也。蜀之鄙有二僧，其一贫，其一富。贫者语于富者曰：吾欲之南海何如？ \stoptext %% The attachment with this mail is the PDF file which I got by compiling the example as above. I noticed that the font-ini.mkiv was modified in newest beta (because I manage the beta with git in my machine). Maybe the problem is related to it. -- Best wishes, Li Yanrui

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Re: [NTG-context] TeXworks
by Jan-Erik Hägglöf 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

HI! Just as the tip showed up I did the build on my ubuntu-system and along the way I also installed TL2008 and LuaTeX according to wiki http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV On running typeset in texworks it typesets and a pdf file is created but following error-message at the bottom end occurs. I did the same on a command line but there it did not show up. The errormessage inside texworks log window: mkiv lua stats : runtime - 5.414 seconds, 7 processed pages, 7 shipped pages, 1.293 pages/second ! I can't find file `./'. <*> ./ Please type another input file name: Is there something missing in preferences window? Now I have in tool configuration dialog Name: ConTeXt program: context Arguments: $fullname Thanks in Advance Janneman

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